Rising with the Hill Talking with Michael Shellenberger, journalist and founder of Public Documentary film, Thrown To The Wind m.youtube.com/watch?v=iZYkWtARR5k...
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“People are being killed, and there appears to be no action, or limited action, by those who should be acting,” he said. “What we’re trying to do right now is just get people to safety, get them food, and get them housing, and then we can worry about the process of what country will ultimately protect them.”
A viral video is prompting calls for accountability for a group of Kenosha police officers....
Since my openDemocracy column in late April about gun violence in the United States, there have been more than 250 mass shootings in the country, bringing the total for the year so far (as of yesterday) to 430. That’s just shy of two mass shootings a day for 2023 so far....
The historic capital of the hawai’ian kingdom has burned to the ground
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Ohio’s special election on Tuesday could raise the threshold for amending the state’s constitution and have a potentially critical impact on the future of abortion rights in the state. With few other elections happening in an off year, a ballot measure in Ohio that would enshrine abortion rights in its constitution will be...
Clint Lorance, a former Army lieutenant convicted of second-degree murder for war crimes in Afghanistan, was one beneficiary of the many pardons issued to convicted war criminals by former President Donald Trump....
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. rose more than 10% last week, marking the biggest increase since December. While still lower than a year ago, over 7,000 new admissions were reported. The rise comes as descendants of the Omicron variant are competing nationwide, with no single variant yet dominating. Updated COVID vaccines...
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